By RYAN ARENA

Sports Editor

St. Charles Coach Paul Waguespack says all that he wanted was for his team to enter its rematch with Lutcher with a 3-1 district record, and a chance to tie things up at the top.

His hopes were realized last week as the Comets won three District 9-3A games to finished the first round of district play. On Tuesday, the Comets toppled host Brusly, 10-0. SCC notched an 11-0 win over visiting Port Allen. Then toppled Plaquemine on Saturday 15-5 at SCC. All three games were decided in five innings by the 10-run rule.

It set the stage for a huge rematch at Lutcher (20-6, 4-0) between the teams yesterday to determine control of the district. Results will be in the next issue.

“This is all we wanted,” said Waguespack. “Now, we have a chance going into the second round of district play. We’ll be ready.”

SCC’s Jared Keating (4-2) picked up the win against the Pelicans Thursday. Brady Hitt secured the save in relief.

The teams were locked in a scoreless tie after an inning, when the Comets’ Jonathan Cancienne doubled off the centerfield wall. He stole third, setting up Nick Reine’s sacrifice fly that made it 1-0.

The floodgates opened in the next inning. St. Charles scored eight runs to go ahead 9-0 and seize control for good. RBI’s by Jordan Millet, Marc Picciola, Brandon Becker, Cancienne, and Reine highlighted the inning.

Pelican pitching was wild as well in the inning, which didn’t help matters for Port Allen. Five Comets drew walks or were hit by a pitch. Reine, Wesley and Grant Authement all scored on wild pitches or passed balls.

SCC put the finishing touches on in the fourth, when Picciola and Becker each knocked in runs.

On Tuesday, Nick Reine and Brandon Becker each hit two-run home runs as the Comets defeated Brusly.

Reine (3-1) started at pitcher and earned his third win.

SCC scored eight runs in the first two innings, and coasted from there.

Waguespack said that knocking in runners in scoring position has been a point of emphasis after the Lutcher game, and he’s been fairly pleased at the results.

“We’ve gotten better at it,” he said. “We still left some on. But we’ve improved. It’s been much better.”